MarieAthena & Co

Guns and John Mayer

When I’m drawing blanks from the calibre of weapon in my arsenal And I can’t see a way to take someone off their self-appointed pedestal I’d like to say that I go peacefully into the quiet night like a good little poettess I’d like the knowledge that I can live and let live that I’m…

Later

Later is a magical place and time in which everything is done and everyone’s happy So many push-ups live there and all the matching socks from the dryer The quality of husbands in the land of later is, from what I hear, exceptional // It’d make a fun holiday for a while, I guess, to…

Thickened

An ice cold star flickers in the sky my lips meet yours and I taste Strawberry With small red chunks of dubious fruity origin stuck in your teeth Chocolate Malted and melted and mesmerising big brown eyes blinking Caramel Chewy like the rebound on your tongue and your spit is sweet like Vanilla And as…

Via Amour

The way of love is at time a little challenging It rends and twists in my soul like a serpent trying to break free Jormagandur held down but waiting to rise, rise up And when the rhythm of it all escapes me and the writhing Burns my body from the inside out and I thrash…

Tasted

I wonder if you remember the way that you tasted the night I met you I know that it is easy for me to recall the sugary drop of you into my mouth And still now when I lick my lips there’s a flash of your sweetness But it’s only a reflection of how you…

Emerging From The Trees

I went for a walk in the woods and discovered that I’d lost my way And when I looked all I could see was the bitter end of a foggy day The sunlight was stranding through the trees in mysterious little wisps Like steam rising from the hot open pores in the earth swirling like…

Heart Beats

I struggle to find the words through this fog This utter exhaustion and this fear I cannot speak lest I make this thing worse This bizarre shape that has grown between us In the space of a hundred small hurts and a dozen roses // So I say them in broken, half-cracked imperfect expression Trying…

Madness

In the rain and the rush and the pain You say it was madness that overtook you You say that you are sorry and that it was a mistake But you can never tell me honestly why you did it // Did you wake up this morning in a suffering state perhaps Or was there…

Fretful

Have you ever walked into a forest that feels fretful? Like a toddler crying out for her mother The trees speak to each other and to me in the wind Shhk shhk shhk There is something wrong here I can try and soothe a forest but who am I to comfort Such an old and…

Ferns

The way that the curl of a fern twists and lingers like a sour taste in the air Reminds me of the way a rock hides a snail whose shell spirals in on itself Like a beech tree hovering in the sunset the light is diffuse and shadowed Just like a full rich waterfall with…

Breaking Hearts + Eating Rose Apple Tarts